Student support

Study at Coventry

Term dates

Coventry University academic teaching year is made up of three 16 week-long teaching blocks. Here you will find information about term dates for both new and returning students as well as study break and end of semester dates for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

Life in Coventry

Work and social spaces

International Students

Coventry University welcomes International Students. We've created a page full of useful links and advice for both EU and international students that are considering or have applied to a Coventry University course.

Useful Links

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As an ambitious and innovative university, our research makes a tangible difference to the way we live. Coventry University is already known for delivering research that makes a significant contribution to a number of global challenges.

Alumni

Portals

Recruit Our Students

Advertising Vacancies

The Careers and Employability Service is uniquely placed to reach motivated, job-seeking students and recent graduates. We can advertise your vacancies all year round on the university's student portalwebsite and on its departmental subpages free-of-charge.

Our searchable online vacancy databases use interactive technology to email registered users with appropriate vacancies. We will place your advertisement in a weekly Vacancy Bulletin, which is distributed throughout the campus. We can also carry out a targeted email campaign to a specific group of students on your behalf.

Complete a Job Advert Request Form to add a job vacancy to our portal.

Coventry University aims to provide a supply of motivated students for placements and graduate jobs. The Careers Service run a number of programmes and initiatives that can reduce the cost of recruiting and help you find the right employee for your company.

The Employer Engagement Team work with a number of local, national and global employer partners, offering tailored recruitment services to help them reach our student talent pool. We run a range of employer events during the academic year, from large careers fairs designed to help raise employer profiles on campus, to tailored networking events designed to help employers reach their target audience. We also have a range of online tools and promotional channels at our disposal, including social media channels, plasma screens and target emails.

Our recruitment services are bespoke and tailored to the needs of your company, whether you are a large enterprise, SME or start-up business. We have often supported employers in their recruitment campaigns by running interviews on campus, assisting with initial CV collation and by facilitating skills workshops and mock interview sessions.

Coventry University also has one of the most innovative and comprehensive employability programmes in the UK with more than 15,000 undergraduates students taking accredited Add+vantage modules each year.

If you are looking to target Coventry students for your recruitment campaign or would like any further information, please contact the Employer Engagement Team

Why Recruit at Coventry?

Coventry University has a strong and dedicated Careers Service. People from a variety of different backgrounds including recruitment, marketing, customer service and education, form a vibrant and a professional support team.

The programmes we have developed have changed the way the University is perceived today. We continue to make a real difference to the employability of our students and to the prosperity of local and national businesses.

For more information about the University, how it works with businesses in supporting their growth and meeting their funding or recruiting needs, please contact us on careers.ss@coventry.ac.uk or phone +44 (0) 24 7765 2011.

Recruitment Services for Employers

Our Services for Employers

Most of the services we offer to employers outside of our main autumn careers fair, are completely free-of-charge. To help you plan when best to target our students, we encourage you to view our term and semester dates here: Term-dates.

Find out more in our ‘Recruitment Services For Employers’ pdf.

Find out more about how we work with SMEs in our ‘Services for SMEs’ pdf.

Employability weeks

Each academic year, we hold three key employability weeks in October, January and March.

CareersFEST: Is our largest employability event taking place at the start of the autumn term and includes our BIG Fair. This event attracts 5000+ students and around 100 exhibitors and is suitable for employers with graduate schemes, who wish to meet a broad range of students across all years and faculties.

Plans are already underway for CareersFEST 2018 which is due to include our annual teaching fair and diversity focussed networking event. If you are interested in finding out more about these events – please contact us at careers.ss@coventry.ac.uk.

CareersEXPO: Is our work experience and work abroad focussed event and provides an opportunity for employers to engage with our 1st and 2nd year students to promote opportunities both paid & voluntary. This week has an emphasis on global opportunities and is often a popular choice with students who are actively seeking work experience. Our next event is due to take place in January 2019. Watch this space for more information.

CareersLIVE: Is primarily aimed at our final year students who are still actively seeking graduate employment. This includes an opportunity for employers who have live vacancies to meet our students and support recruitment pre-summer break. The next event will take place in March 2019. Further information will be updated in due course.

Meet the Employer Engagement Team

Our friendly Employer Engagement Officers are based within the central Careers Team, in The Hub and each are linked to a specific faculty as below. Please get in touch with the relevant team member using the contact details below. Alternatively, for more generic queries on the promotion of your vacancies, or attending a campus event, please contact us at careers.ss@coventry.ac.uk.

Pete Bains

Employer Engagement Officer for The Faculty of Business & Law

Pete is responsible for working with employers looking to recruit Graduates specifically from the Faculty of Business and Law.

"Working within such a fast paced environment like Coventry University as Employer Engagement Officer for the faculty of Business and Law my job involves me arranging for world renowned employers coming onto campus to engage with our students. I enjoy networking and building new relationships along with further developing current employer links."

Karl Zegarac

Employer Engagement Officer for The Faculty of Health and Life Science

Karl is responsible for working with employers looking to recruit Graduates specifically from The Faculty Health and Life Science.

‘I thoroughly enjoy supporting students find the dream role they are looking for during/after university by welcoming a wide variety of exciting and aspirational organisations on to our campus, so students can meet, network and learn. My first professional role was not a direct link to my degree discipline and I would never have known about the opportunity without the Employer Engagement team where I studied, I want to give this opportunity to other students too!'

Tilly Neil

Employer Engagement Officer for The Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Tilly is responsible for working with employers looking to recruit Graduates specifically from the Faculty Arts and Humanities.

'As a previous business owner and professional performer working with the FAH faculty means I can utilise my passion and skills to ensure our students have the best access to a variety of employers. I enjoy looking at new ways to bring employers on to campus and really enjoy being part of a university that wants people to succeed.'